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Cassandra Kahle: 'She’s Exceeding All The Expectations' In Brain Injury Rehab
Show jumper Cassandra Kahle, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall two months ago, has transitioned out of a wheelchair and now is walking again with the assistance of a walker, her mother Natasha Brash said. “She’s eating on her ...
Ashlee Bond forges successful partnership for victory in $500,000 Rolex Grand Prix CSI5* at 2022 Winter Equestrian Festival
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Netflix Announces ‘Drive to Survive’ Spin-Off: ‘Three-Day Eventing – Certifiably Insane’ - Eventing Nation - Three-Day Eventing News, Results, Videos, and Commentary
Hot on the heels of the monumental success of the Netflix series, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, producers have announced a new show following top eventers for the series Three Day Eventing: Certifiably Insane. The
18-Year-Old Grace Debney and Zarina De Vidau Top Veteran Field in $37,000 Bainbridge 1.45m CSI5* - Phelps Sports
Wellington, Fla. – Apr. 1, 2022 – The 2022 season may be winding down for the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), but that didn’t stop some of the world’s elite equestrian athletes from taking the stage on the Stadium Derby Field Friday afternoon to vie for top honors in the $37,000 Bainbridge...
New FEI 5* Status and USEF AA Rating
$868,000 in total prize money
$406,000 Longines FEI Jumping World CupTM Washington for the President’s Cup with AA ranking points
New Expanded Schedule
Show will start on Monday expanding from six to seven days
Daily competition on Monday-Sunday with evening classes on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday allowing for a more exhibitor-friendly schedule
Horse-Friendly Venue With Major Upgrades:
The Show Place Arena surface replaced with FEI-approved footing
New all-weather footing in several schooling arenas
Dedicated FEI complex with schooling
Access to multiple areas for schooling, longeing, plus a ticketed warm up
Event schedule
https://wihs.org/event-schedule/
After two years of being held outdoors in North Carolina, the Washington International Horse Show is relocating back to an indoor in the Washington, D.C., area—although not downtown—this fall, and show managers have announced an expanded schedule...
It's just a few weeks until the FEI World Cup Finals™ returns...
Ocala
Ocala, FL – World Equestrian Center – Ocala hosted the final Hunter Derby Friday of the 2022 Winter Spectacular Show Series in the WEC Stadium with $225,000 in prize money to be awarded between three highly competitive derbies: $75,000 WEC Ocala 3’6”-3’9” Hunter Derby, $75,000 WEC Ocala ...
For those of you who have Instagram, this is a great video of Eric Lamaze
grandprixmedias • Éric Lamaze & Hickstead - La Baule 2011
Good read.
Federal appellate judges entertained literal horse-trading arguments as they considered the case of an injured show horse put to pasture against its owner's wishes.
Tryon Welcome 1: Heather Hooker Boggio and Charles 82 Help Themselves to $25,000 Jumper Classic Win
For Immediate Release
TIEC PR
March 31, 2022 – Tryon Welcome 1 kicked off the 2022 USEF competition season at Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort (TIEC) with more than two hundred horses in attendance, featuring Hunter, Jumper and Equitation competition.
The $25,000 Jumper Classic hosted Sunday in Tryon Stadium served as the weekend’s feature class. Heather Hooker (Wellington, FL) and Charles 82 cleared the jump-off track set by Skip Bailey (Wellington, FL) in 40.592 seconds for the win.
Just behind, her husband Chasen Boggio (Canton, GA) guided his own Co Pilot, the Westphalian gelding (Coney Obellnsty x Pauline), to reserve on a time of 42.661 seconds. Also going double-clear for a podium finish was Fernando Cardenas, Jr. (New Hill, NC) riding Dale Car, the 2013 Oldenburg mare (Quincy Car x Kaline De Moens) owned by Fernando Cardenas, to a time of 44.203 seconds for third place.
“We were pretty close on the time allowed [in the first round], so I’m glad we went clear,” Hooker Boggio admitted. “On Friday, we had an okay day. We all had ribbons, but Chasen had a better day. Today, we were like, ‘We want to jump clear so bad!’”
Hooker Boggio and her own 2010 Holsteiner gelding (Cachas x V-Carica) have been paired together for just more than a year, after they connected at a time when Hooker Boggio wasn’t in the market for a new ride.
“I was down visiting my mom and rode one of her horses over to my trainers, Ken Burkley and Scott Stewart, and they said, ‘I think we have the perfect horse for you.’ I didn’t think I was going to get a horse,” Hooker Boggio explained, “but Ken told me to just sit on him and see if I liked him, knowing that we would love him. He’s wonderful. He’s really like a big puppy and a total sweetheart.”
Starting Gate Communications
March 31, 2022
For Immediate Release
Eric Lamaze Announces Retirement
from Show Jumping Competition
Wellington, Florida – Canadian Olympic champion Eric Lamaze has announced, with regret and sadness, that he has officially retired from show jumping competition.
Lamaze, who has been battling brain cancer since 2017, last competed at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ tournament in Calgary, AB, where he anchored the Canadian Show Jumping Team to victory in the $600,000 Bank of Montreal Nations’ Cup on September 11, 2021. He then took a step back from competition to focus on his health, not knowing his last competitive appearance would be on home soil at his favourite venue, Spruce Meadows, where he is the all-time leading money winner with career earnings exceeding $6.7 million.
In February of this year, Lamaze was appointed to the position of Technical Advisor, Jumping, which includes acting as chef d’equipe for the Canadian Show Jumping Team, by Equestrian Canada (EC), the national federation for equestrian sport.
“It’s with great sadness that I am making this decision,” said Lamaze, 53, who is based in Wellington, FL, and Brussels, Belgium. “There’s a part of me that feels really upset that I’ve been battling cancer with the hope of riding again and I’m crushed that that won’t be the case. I’ve always said that I will retire under my own terms when the time is right. The situation with my health has forced me to make the decision earlier than I had envisioned, but the silver lining is that I still have the will to win and can contribute to the Canadian team and the sport I love through my new role as chef d’equipe.
“Now I have to turn my focus to giving my knowledge back to my fellow riders,” continued Lamaze. “I’ve always loved teaching and preparing horses and riders for major championships. I will give these riders every opportunity I ever had myself and I have great ideas for the future. I want every Canadian rider to know that their dreams are my dreams, too. When they win, I win.”
Hard footing increases injury risk
Study confirms association between training on hard footing and musculoskeletal injuries.
Dear Competitors, Trainers, and Owners:
Although we are ready to start the 2022 Blenheim EquiSports show season, many owners, trainers, and riders are telling us that they would prefer to hold off another week.
Over the past several days, we’ve received significant input from entrants to our Spring Classic II show, scheduled to begin on April 6th.
Their message is that they need another week before their horses are adequately prepared to return to the show ring.
For many, this gives them sufficient time to be within the 28-day window of isolation following the EHV-1 outbreak in California.
For others, they are simply more comfortable attending a single-week show without the turnover between weeks II and III.
Although we are disappointed that we have to cancel next week’s show, we understand that the health of our equine partners comes first, and we respect their decision to delay an extra week.
On the bright side, this will allow us to increase the prize money and add the $40,000 1.35m Bronze Tour during our Spring Classic III show, April 12th thru 16th (Tues – Sat).
Our Spring Classic III schedule is updated and can be viewed by clicking on the button below.
Key events include:
• WCHR Member Event
• $15,000 National Hunter Derby – Pro
• $10,000 National Hunter Derby – Junior/Amateur
• $40,000 1.35m Bronze Tour
• $25,000 Grand Prix
We look forward to showing off all the fantastic facility improvements when we can finally welcome you back to the Mission Viejo Riding Park at San Juan Capistrano for Spring Classic III.
The entire team at Blenheim EquiSports
Bloodlines Presented By Mill Ridge Farm: Dubai World Cup Success Pays Off Decades-Long Investment For Japan's Breeders - Horse Racing News | Paulick Report
The story of the 2022 Dubai World Cup was the string of successes earned by the racehorses and highly adventurous owners from Japan. They won five races on the card and placed in several others, including a third in the Grade 1 Dubai World Cup itself.
FEI LONGINES RIDER RANKINGS
https://www.fei.org/jumping/rankings
Updated Prize List
https://irp.cdn-website.com/906edb5f/files/uploaded/TVN%202022%20Prize%20List%20March%2025-2.pdf
Nicolas Gamboa Gets First Grand Prix Victory at Pin Oak Charity Horse Show
Katy, TX – Nicolas Gamboa claimed the first grand prix victory of his career aboard NKH Mr. Darcy on Saturday, March 26, at the 76th annual Pin Oak Charity Horse Show in Katy, TX.
Best Practices for Successful Skin Grafts in Horses – The Horse
Proper technique and keeping the graft immobile can mean a faster-healing, less expensive treatment process.
Wellington
For Immediate Release Summer Grace for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc. Wellington, FL - March 30, 2022 - The final week of the Winter Equestrian Festival jumped into a week of intense action on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The series concludes its 13 weeks...
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In case you missed it. Video of the Rose Bowl Equifest - a celebration of the horses that participated in the parade. This is the Texas Calvary. Photography by Renata Monteiro De Paula
In case you missed it. Video of the Rose Bowl Equifest - a celebration of the horses that participated in the parade. This is the United States Calvary. Photography by Renata Monteiro De Paula
Longines LA Masters - arena
Just off the airplane and ready for the stables at The Longines Masters
Sterckx Stables, Pasadena, CA Morning lesson... Stephanie Don and her Belgian WB mare, Gemelia, over the fences with Assistant Trainer, Sarah Durrer.
Wisdom from the master George Morris - Brookway Stables
Jessica Springsteen in her first round at the Central Park Horse Show. According to NBC Sports announcers, The riders called the course a little "meaty"... As in tough. Many riders including Jessica rode their second horses as their first horses had just come off of WEG. Some of these horses had not ever ridden under the lights outdoors and the last jump was a direct line into a dark corner... Good course designer
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